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Ex nihlio nihil fit

English translation: Nothing comes from nothing

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Latin term or phrase:Ex nihlio nihil fit
English translation:Nothing comes from nothing
Entered by: suslik

15:12 Apr 4, 2004
Latin to English translations [Non-PRO]
Religion
Latin term or phrase: Ex nihlio nihil fit
For Bible class we have to translate this phrase using the internet.
Kels
Nothing comes from nothing
Explanation:
Not nihlio - nihilo
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suslik
United States
Local time: 17:06
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Thank you very much.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5Nothing comes from nothing
suslik
5 +5Nothing is created out of nothing.
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Nothing comes from nothing


Explanation:
Not nihlio - nihilo

suslik
United States
Local time: 17:06
Native speaker of: Native in BelarusianBelarusian, Native in RussianRussian
Grading comment
Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
10 mins
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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
16 mins
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agree  Stefanie Sendelbach: or "from nothing comes nothing"
18 mins
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agree  Valentini Mellas
4 hrs
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agree  Ewa Nowicka
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Ex nihilo nihil fit
Nothing is created out of nothing.


Explanation:
Lit., 'Nothing is made out of nothing'. In ancient, particularly Epicurean, physics, it is what we would nowadays call a corollary of the law of the conservation of matter.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 17:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jyri Lehtinen: An informative translation.
2 hrs
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agree  danya
3 hrs
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agree  Kirill Semenov: true, the idea of creating "ex nihilo" accepted by Christianity, was totally alien for ancient philosophy
15 hrs
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agree  verbis
19 hrs
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agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
1 day 23 hrs
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